Meet Abbey, she was found as a stray wandering in the cold weather in the middle of nowhere. Abbey spent several weeks at an animal shelter while trying to locate her family, but no one ever came for her or called looking for her. Her foster family cannot imagine why. Abbey is a wonderful, happy, sociable girl of about three years, already spayed and in very good condition when found. Abbey is getting along with most of the other dogs at her foster home, although has raised her hair at our dominant female through the fencing. She seems fairly submissive, but her foster family thinks in the presence of another very strong female, Abbey may have issues with who will be the boss. She would do well with other male dogs or other submissive females. At the vet, she was nothing but perfectly friendly with every other dog there, both male and female, small and large alike, and rolled over many times for belly rubs from whomever passed by. She has met cats through a fence and pet carriers, and just wags her tail wildly at them. She is crate trained and has not had a potty accident indoors since arriving here. Abbey is a nice sized girl, weighing just about 130 pounds with big bone and a beautiful, thick coat. She can be very active outdoors and loves playing, but settles quietly on the couch for TV time in the evening.
Abbey does appear to have been severely disciplined in her past, however. She will startle and frighten with people she is not familiar with if they make sudden or loud movements towards her, and exhibits this fear by shrinking herself as low to the ground as she possibly can, as if in fear of being hit. She no longer behaves in this way with her foster family, and very quickly warms up to people once she knows they do not intend to hurt her. Abbey would blossom in a positive reinforcement type obedience school to increase her confidence, and show her that there are good people in the world who won't be hurting her. Abbey has so much love to give to the right family; she will warm your hearts and homes this winter and for many winters to come.
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